Industrial Railway Society
Encyclopedia
The Industrial Railway Society was founded in the United Kingdom
in 1949 as the "Birmingham Locomotive Club - Industrial Locomotive Information Section".
It is devoted to the study of all aspects, and all gauges, of privately-owned industrial railway
s and locomotive
s, both at in the UK and overseas.
Examples include railways at collieries, opencast coal pits, steel works, gas works, peat bogs, Ministry of Defence
depots, engineering works, docks, electric power stations; and locomotives powered by steam, diesel, petrol, battery, and electricity.
The Society has published many handbooks on industrial railways and their locomotives and, for members, issues two regular magazines: The Industrial Railway Record (giving historical information) and the Bulletin (giving current information).
United Kingdom
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in 1949 as the "Birmingham Locomotive Club - Industrial Locomotive Information Section".
It is devoted to the study of all aspects, and all gauges, of privately-owned industrial railway
Industrial railway
An industrial railway is a type of railway that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics or military site...
s and locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
s, both at in the UK and overseas.
Examples include railways at collieries, opencast coal pits, steel works, gas works, peat bogs, Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
depots, engineering works, docks, electric power stations; and locomotives powered by steam, diesel, petrol, battery, and electricity.
The Society has published many handbooks on industrial railways and their locomotives and, for members, issues two regular magazines: The Industrial Railway Record (giving historical information) and the Bulletin (giving current information).